New video put out by the NFL Films YouTube channel featuring Tony Franklin.

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LOL. I was at A&M during the Tony Franklin era. Met him at a bar one night. He actually put his bare foot up on our table and said, "Want to see my foot?"

(Disclaimer: It was the night he held the record for a bit.)

aggiehawg said:

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LOL. I was at A&M during the Tony Franklin era. Met him at a bar one night. He actually put his bare foot up on our table and said, "Want to see my foot?"

(Disclaimer: It was the night he held the record for a bit.)

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Imma try that...

I was at the Baylor game, too. As strong as the wind was blowing from the south, I was hoping for a five-yard penalty before the kick so he could have made it from 70 yards.

67walkon said:

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Was there for the Baylor game when Tony kicked a 64 yarder in the first half. Turn to my son and friend and said remember this it won't happen again soon. Then he kicked a 65 yarder in the second half. Which lead Coach Teaff who was on the rules committee to push to change the rule that a miss would go back to the spot of the kick and kickoffs would happen from the 35 due to the success of the 12th msn kickoff team. Gaylor.

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And the Aggies are still producing top-notch kickers to this day. Lot of good it did Teaff.

aggiehawg said:

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LOL. I was at A&M during the Tony Franklin era. Met him at a bar one night. He actually put his bare foot up on our table and said, "Want to see my foot?"

(Disclaimer: It was the night he held the record for a bit.)

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Tony was my brothers roommate at Cain Hall. Sounds just like him.

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LOL. I was at A&M during the Tony Franklin era. Met him at a bar one night. He actually put his bare foot up on our table and said, "Want to see my foot?"

(Disclaimer: It was the night he held the record for a bit.)

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Were you at The Sports Club?!?!

That era used a tee as well on all kicks. I wonder how long FGs today would be if they still used one?

67walkon said:

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Was there for the Baylor game when Tony kicked a 64 yarder in the first half. Turn to my son and friend and said remember this it won't happen again soon. Then he kicked a 65 yarder in the second half. Which lead Coach Teaff who was on the rules committee to push to change the rule that a miss would go back to the spot of the kick and kickoffs would happen from the 35 due to the success of the 12th msn kickoff team. Gaylor.

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These two things happened about 8 years apart.

Law Hall 69-72 said:

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I was at the Baylor game, too. As strong as the wind was blowing from the south, I was hoping for a five-yard penalty before the kick so he could have made it from 70 yards.

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My recollection is that the wind was blowing from the north but then I am old!

Teaff was good at using his place on rules committee to change rules to his advantage. Arkansas, tu, and A&M all had excellent kickers and he didn't. Changed this rule and one on kickoffs so that the ball had to land in the endzone or you would get penalized if it went beyond the end line. He was a pretty good coach, but because of these things, I never liked him.

libertyag said:

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Law Hall 69-72 said:

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I was at the Baylor game, too. As strong as the wind was blowing from the south, I was hoping for a five-yard penalty before the kick so he could have made it from 70 yards.

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My recollection is that the wind was blowing from the north but then I am old!

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The reason I recall the wind was blowing from the south is because there wasn't anything except the nets on the tennis courts to slow it down. But, that was a lot of beers and years ago.

Meximan said:

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67walkon said:

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Was there for the Baylor game when Tony kicked a 64 yarder in the first half. Turn to my son and friend and said remember this it won't happen again soon. Then he kicked a 65 yarder in the second half. Which lead Coach Teaff who was on the rules committee to push to change the rule that a miss would go back to the spot of the kick and kickoffs would happen from the 35 due to the success of the 12th msn kickoff team. Gaylor.

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And the Aggies are still producing top-notch kickers to this day. Lot of good it did Teaff.

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I have been at the rules meeting twice and I will assure you one person cannot get a rule changed. That's not how the process works.

Dick Vermiel told Franklin to squib it once, and Tony tried to kick it deep. He failed, and it got returned, maybe for a TD. Must have been fun to coach that meathead.

I was sitting in the south end zone bleacher seats for this one. My freshman year. What wind there was, was from the north. It was a cool, overcast day.

schwack schwack said:

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LOL. I was at A&M during the Tony Franklin era. Met him at a bar one night. He actually put his bare foot up on our table and said, "Want to see my foot?"

(Disclaimer: It was the night he held the record for a bit.)

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Were you at The Sports Club?!?!

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Yep.

chilimuybueno said:

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I was sitting in the south end zone bleacher seats for this one. My freshman year. What wind there was, was from the north. It was a cool, overcast day.

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I really feel old now, being on the losing end of the discussion of which way the wind was blowing!

67walkon said:

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Was there for the Baylor game when Tony kicked a 64 yarder in the first half. Turn to my son and friend and said remember this it won't happen again soon. Then he kicked a 65 yarder in the second half. Which lead Coach Teaff who was on the rules committee to push to change the rule that a miss would go back to the spot of the kick and kickoffs would happen from the 35 due to the success of the 12th msn kickoff team. Gaylor.

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stories like this

aggiehawg said:

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LOL. I was at A&M during the Tony Franklin era. Met him at a bar one night. He actually put his bare foot up on our table and said, "Want to see my foot?"

(Disclaimer: It was the night he held the record for a bit.)

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Did it work?

schmendeler said:

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aggiehawg said:

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LOL. I was at A&M during the Tony Franklin era. Met him at a bar one night. He actually put his bare foot up on our table and said, "Want to see my foot?"

(Disclaimer: It was the night he held the record for a bit.)

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Did it work?

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Great question!!!!!

12th man kickoff team was Sherril's era, several years after Franklin.

67walkon said:

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Was there for the Baylor game when Tony kicked a 64 yarder in the first half. Turn to my son and friend and said remember this it won't happen again soon. Then he kicked a 65 yarder in the second half. Which lead Coach Teaff who was on the rules committee to push to change the rule that a miss would go back to the spot of the kick and kickoffs would happen from the 35 due to the success of the 12th msn kickoff team. Gaylor.

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I was at this game as well and IIRC some kid from SWT??? kicked a 69 yarder later that same day. Franklins records were short lived.

Actually, it was this kid at Abilene Christian.

*69 yards Ove Johansson, Abilene Christian (W 17-0) v East Texas St., 10/16/1976

(2" tee) Shotwell Stadium, Abilene. NAIA

http://www.luckyshow.org/football/field%20goals%20of%2060%20yards%20or%20more.htm

ashley said:

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Meximan said:

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67walkon said:

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Was there for the Baylor game when Tony kicked a 64 yarder in the first half. Turn to my son and friend and said remember this it won't happen again soon. Then he kicked a 65 yarder in the second half. Which lead Coach Teaff who was on the rules committee to push to change the rule that a miss would go back to the spot of the kick and kickoffs would happen from the 35 due to the success of the 12th msn kickoff team. Gaylor.

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And the Aggies are still producing top-notch kickers to this day. Lot of good it did Teaff.

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I have been at the rules meeting twice and I will assure you one person cannot get a rule changed. That's not how the process works.

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I know that. Still didn't do Teaff any good.

schmendeler said:

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aggiehawg said:

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LOL. I was at A&M during the Tony Franklin era. Met him at a bar one night. He actually put his bare foot up on our table and said, "Want to see my foot?"

(Disclaimer: It was the night he held the record for a bit.)

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Did it work?

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Nope I was on a date with my boyfriend at the time. (However, my boyfriend did kind of disappear when George Woodard asked me to dance one time at The Sports Club. I told him I was on a date and George asked, "Is he bigger than me?" I replied, "Is anybody?" But I could see my boyfriend (who had been at the bar getting drinks) make an abrupt u-turn and walk away with my drink, I might add.)

Guess he thought he could take on Tony Franklin, but he wanted no part of Woodard. LOL.

The wind was definitely from the north and blowing hard.

AH, now you're just bragging.

Lateralus Ag said:

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AH, now you're just bragging.

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What can I say? I was cute back then. Guys hit on me.

Watch the video replay - wind was from the north. His 1st FG a mere 64 yds barely cleared the uprights in the 1st qtr. The 2nd one the 65 yarder easily cleared the post and would have been good from 70 yds

Law Hall 69-72 said:

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chilimuybueno said:

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I was sitting in the south end zone bleacher seats for this one. My freshman year. What wind there was, was from the north. It was a cool, overcast day.

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I really feel old now, being on the losing end of the discussion of which way the wind was blowing!

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If it makes you feel any better, I was correct about it coming out of the north but I still feel really old!

The reason I remember it being out of the north was that my girlfriend (now wife) and I had end zone seats and on one of the field goal attempts Tony kicked the ball and it looked like it was going to be wide right by 20 yards! It kept drifting and drifting. Of course it was kicked toward the other end of the field and no way could we tell if it was going to be good or not so I watched the official to see if he raised his arms.